November 19, 2012
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The practice of combining either different nail polishes, paints, or acrylic powders to create a unique color or look for a client.
Keywords: acrylics colored acrylics colored gels gels
November 19, 2012
| Encyclopedia
A substance used to dry or harden adhesives, wraps, no-light gels, acrylics, and UV light gels; all types of systems require a curing agent.
Keywords: acrylics chemicals curing gels wraps
November 19, 2012
| Encyclopedia
Acrylic powders (polymers) that have been tinted with color; used with regular monomers to create custom color enhancements or “permanent” nail art.
Keywords: acrylics chemicals colored acrylics nail art
November 19, 2012
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A substance added or applied to an adhesive/coating to promote, speed, or control the curing (hardening) process; different from catalysts in that accelerators take part in the chemical reaction.
Keywords: acrylics chemicals curing gels
November 5, 2012
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I have missed another week of posting to the blog. I am so sorry. I have been so swamped — but in a good way! School, kids, life, baseball, cheer… I could go on and on.
Keywords: acrylics gels student issues
November 2, 2012
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When dealing with acrylic odor, of course fume extraction is very important, but so are good work habits, says Jesse Bruner, owner of Jesse David Nail Design in Wilmington, Del.
Keywords: acrylics salon odors
October 30, 2012
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Build 3-D nail art designs using Beautiful Nails by Kupa’s Artfinity 3-D Acrylic Fall Color Collection and Artfinity 3-D Sculpting Brush. Finish off with UV Phoria Top Gel and cure for two minutes for a great design.
Keywords: 3-D nail art acrylic nail art acrylics Beautiful Nails Kupa
October 17, 2012
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Lorri Silvestre, Nail Designs By Lorri, Grover Beach, Calif.
Keywords: acrylics French nail art nail art murals seasonal nail art
October 16, 2012
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I’ve been so busy— in addition to school, kids, life and everything else, I just started working on the Board of Directors for our children’s Little League. I love it. (Like I had spare time, right?)
Keywords: acrylics student issues
October 16, 2012
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Designer Nail Products presents a step-by-step tutorial video on sculptured gel nail application.
Keywords: acrylics designer nail products gels
October 2, 2012
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Last week one of the girls in my class graduated. She was awesome and my go-to person. If I had a question, she was the person I asked. I drilled her on gels, 3D art and
Keywords: acrylics gels student issues
September 30, 2012
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Depending on conditions, clients’ hands and feet may be puffy, moist, and sweaty or cold, dry, and numb. A tech needs to know how to compensate for these changes so she can apply product to a consistent, stable nail surface each time.
Keywords: acrylics Canada Canadian nail industry Canadian nail techs cold weather promotions
September 27, 2012
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Well, along with the good comes the bad right? I have openly expressed how much I am enjoying school and I love all of the new things I am learning. I am also learning in this
Keywords: acrylics gels student issues
September 17, 2012
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I think enhancements can be more fun to do when sculpted because tipping requires the effort of match, fit, and blend if you are going to really do them up nice. What tends to stop a
Keywords: acrylics tech-to-tech sharing troubleshooting
September 17, 2012
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Holly Schippers, the FingerNailFixer, shows you how to get a nice tight fit with your CND forms when sculpting enhancements.
Keywords: acrylics CND FingerNailFixer forms Holly Schippers
